Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 421)

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Using Soundtrack Pro
with Other Applications
You can work with media files and projects from
Final Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, and other applications
in Soundtrack Pro projects.
Soundtrack Pro gives you several ways to work with files from Final Cut Pro, Motion,
and DVD Studio Pro, as well as third-party applications.
Using Soundtrack Pro with Final Cut Pro
You can use Soundtrack Pro for every aspect of creating audio for a project, from
multitrack recording to advanced audio processing and mixing. For example, you can
send a clip’s media file directly from Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro, modify it, and then
immediately see the changes to your clip back in Final Cut Pro. You can also batch
process audio files using Applescript documents created in Soundtrack Pro. However,
one of the most powerful advantages of using Soundtrack Pro is the ability to send
entire sequences to Soundtrack Pro and automatically conform them each time you
make editorial changes to a sequence in Final Cut Pro. For information about using
Conform, see Chapter 18, “
Using Conform with Final Cut Pro ,” on page 439.
About Soundtrack Pro Audio File Projects
A Soundtrack Pro audio file project allows you to edit and process an audio media file
nondestructively, which means you can always alter or remove all of the actions you
applied and even get back to the original state of the audio. A Soundtrack Pro audio
file project is stored in a special Mac OS X format called a package (or bundle). A
Mac OS X package appears to be a single file in the Finder but actually contains a
collection of files, such as the original audio file, render files, and the list of actions
applied to your audio file. To take advantage of nondestructive editing, you can create
a Soundtrack Pro audio file project by either saving one from Soundtrack Pro or
sending a clip or clips from Final Cut Pro to a Soundtrack Pro audio file project.